The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-03-27
RAILWAY MURDER MYSTERY
A CRIME THAT RECALLS TIE MINAR-
MULLER TRAGEDY.


Struggle win Her Assailant = The
Murderer's Weapon Found
RAILWAY, March 90 Sh ortly after six
a boy named Worth, living in Milton, a
small settlement near here, was on bis way
to Bloodgocd g. Taylor's mills. situated
back or this city near Crawford, TO work.
AS he passed down the country road near
Central avenue, where it ends, on the ex-
treme outskirts of the city, he saw wo-
man living by the roadside. Thinking
she might be sick he went up to her. The
sight that met his gaze neary iroZe ihe
blood in bis veins Before him weltering
in her own blood, her hair matted and hang
ing about her neck, her face so covered with
blood add bruises as to be hardly receg
nized. was a woman of ine figure and
handsome features, of about 2S years of
age and evidently from her d. ess, of re-
spectacle and well-to do connections. The
boy made all haste to notify The police,
and in little while several officers and
number of citizens had gathered at the
spot. The woman lay with her face half
downwards and as if jammed by the loot
of her assailant into the soft ground. On
her face could be seen the print
of shoe. Her throat waa cut
clear across and on her ears wers
several cuts. Her clothing was badly torn.
She was evidently of German descent All
around her we're signs of fearful struggle,
and her clothing. which was of fine tex
ture and fitted her nicely, was torn and
covered with spots of blood, her hands
were slightly clinched and her arms drawn
under her, showing Enthusiastically that she
had made terrible struggle for life. The
woman was unknown, and no one could be
found who had ever seen her before. Ga
the ground near by was a dainty wicker
basket, and IN it were dozen fresh eggs,
none of which were broken. It would APP
pear from this that the woman was proba-
bly, attacked when resting, as an assault at
ten pted while the eggs were IN her hands
would have resulted ia their being broken.
The murdered girls feet were lncased in
kid shoes, which were covered with mud.
Her hair was matted with blood, and
around her head on the ground was pool
of blood with stream going back from
the roadway, indicating that she had been
dragged some distance from the adj
ioing lots to the road. An alligator
skin hand bag was found later
this mornlug near the banks of the riyer,
which the police say shows that the muir
derer escaped by boat. The neighb0rs say
they heard noise on the road Just before
midnight last night. The young woman
was evidently from one of the farms that
lie between this ity and the towns of West
field. Crawford and Plainfeld, and was
probably on her way to Railway to ex-
change her eggs for groceries Wien she was
attacked. DR.. James S. Green, county
physician of Union county, and brother of
Governor Green, has DECIDED not to r move
tho body until it had been photographed
as it lays in the huge pool of blood. He or
dered a photographer to visit the scene of
the murder and take number of views of
the body, the tramp!ed ground and the sur
roundings
"A mans collar has been found near the
body. It is a Norfolk brand, No. 16, and
has a letter ssN' sewed in the middle with
gold and red cord. 1t lay Hnder the girls
left side, and the buttonholes were torn.
A large horseshoe brooch with coral setting
was found on the other side of the rail
fence.
The scene Of the murder is bleak DESC
late place. About one hundred yards fur
Their on Central avenue ends in an ofen
field. The body lay at the side of the
road, with The head resting against fence
post The woman's throat had been cut
from ear to ear aud pool of blood three
inches deep was at the base of the skull
The murderer had evidently struck her
irSt teri ole blew with sharp psin ed
and keen edged knife, which penetrated
the left ide of the throat and emit red the
mouth, the next blow was struck with
such force that the knife was d iven half
way through Inc womans neck and the
weapon " as then pulled towards her ear,
thus cutting her head nearly half off.
no yUn lnnor O.
which penetrated to the bone. The dress
of the dead woman was of dark brown
cloth. Neat flung shoes eucased the feet
William " son, the District A torney for
Union County came here and took charge
of the case. He refused to allow newspa-
per reporters to examine the clothing of
the dead girl Police Officer Conger was
among the persous who visited the scene of
the murder. Six hundred yards east of
the scene of the murder Central avenue
crosses the little creek known as Robin
sons branch of the Railway River. Near
the bridge Conger saw black object IN the
water He tished it out and it proved to
A black hand-satchel filled with dresses
and under-clothing, Which undoubtedly be-
longed to the murdered girl The body
was removed to the undertaking establish
ment of Marsh & Ryno, where the clothing
was reRoveG, The Docy MaS terroly
bruised about the arms and breat.
Some of the black and blue spots
were at leest four inches squares.
The weman is an entire stranger here. The
knife which the murderer used was found
in a field about sixty feet from the BODY,
where it had bsen hurled by the womah's
assailant 1t is cheap shell-handled
weapon, with two blades. 1t was oper,
and one of the blades, which was about
three inches long, was covered with dried
blood. pcst-mortem examination was
made, but the physicians refused, in the
most positive terms, to tell the result. 1t
was ascertsined, however, that the dead
woman had not been crjmiually assaulted
The inquest will be held Monday, when
the physicians who held the examination
to-day will give their testimony The
vaiise found ia the river is IN the hands OF
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